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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Robert of Molesme Artist: Raffaele Vanni Date: 1673 ca • The altarpiece is The Dream of the Mother of Saint Robert of Molesme, One of the Three Founders of the Cistercian Order • In this story, the mother of St. Robert of Molesme (1027-1111) has a dream that the child in her womb is espoused to Mary

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ St. Wenceslaus • The left oval is St. Cyril. St. Cyril (826-869 ca.) and St. Methodius ((815-885 ca.) were missionaries to the Slavs who even created an alphabet for them. They are consider co-patrons of Europe

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Conversion of St. Paul Altar Artist: Francesco Laboureur Date: 1800s • The statue is of St. Gregory the Great

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Relics ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 S. Paolo fuori le Mura Memorial shrine over tomb of St. Paul: 64-68 Church built by Constantine: 324 Church by Theodosius and Honorius: 395 Fire ruins Church: 1823 Current Church: 1854 • Acts of the Apostles 28:16 records St. Paul arriving in Rome and early witnesses record his death in 64-68 by beheading by Nero (54-68). The execution is said to have happened a couple miles away at Tre Fontane. The Roman Lucina then buried him at her family tomb here • Christians soon began to visit the tomb of Paul and a memorial shrine was built

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. William of Vercelli • St. William of Vercelli lived from 1085-1142

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Aisle ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Vault Artist: Luigi Vanvitelli • The left scene is Crucifixion of St. Peter • The center scene is Christ Gives the Keys to St. Peter • The right scene is Beheading of St. Paul • The Latin and Greek inscriptions that run at the top of the presbytery both read: "O Shepherd of the Church, you feed all of Christ's lambs and sheep." ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ St. Erasmus Date: 1988 • On the celebration of 1000 years of Christian faith in Ukraine in 1988, the oval of St. Vladimir (956-1015) was placed here. Vladimir, later Grand Duke of Kiev, was baptized in 988 and promoted the faith in Kievan Russia

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Cyriaca ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Gregorian Room • There are also many fragments from the basilica before the fire

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ S. Balbina •

Anchor 1 ▲ Chapel of the Pieta Artist: Michelangelo Date: 1498-1499 • The statue is the Pieta. The translation from Italian of 'pieta' into English is 'pity' • Michelangelo was around 25 when he sculpted the Pieta. It is also the only work that he signed. Mary's sash reads: MICHAELA[N]GELUS BONAROTUS FLORENTIN[US] FACIEBA[T]. Translated: "Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, was making this" • The statue was commissioned by the French cardinal Jean de Bilheres for his tomb near old St. Peters. He died before it was completed. It was placed on his tomb in 1500. When the building of the new St. Peter's was completed, the Pieta was moved to various locations until it was placed here in 1749. The statue was damaged in 1972 when it was attacked with a hammer ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Monument to Leo XI Artist: Alessandro Algardi (main statue); Ercole Ferrata (left statue); Giuseppe Peroni (right statue) Date: 1642-1644 • The monument includes Leo XI (1605) in the center, Majesty as the left statue, and Liberality as the right statue • The rose designs beneath the left and right statues have the Latin: sic florui ("thus I flourished"). This refers to the shortness of Leo's pontificate which was only 27 days

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Confessio Artist: Ignazio Jacometti Date: 1882 • This statue is of the apostle St. Peter • The statues of the other ten apostles, found in the niches, were created by various artists. The statue of Paul is to the right

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Ceiling • The coffered ceiling includes the coats of arms of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823), Pope Leo XII (1823-1829), Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830), Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846), and that of the basilica which is an arm grasping a sword. These were the four Popes from the time of the fire until the reconsecration of the transept